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J. Konadu Fokuo PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry

University of Illinois Chicago

Contact

Email:

jkfokuo [at] uic.edu

Building & Room:

Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI)

Address:

912 S. Wood St. Department of Psychiatry (MC 913) Chicago IL 60612

About

Dr. J. Konadu (pronounced: Koonaydoo) Fokuo (pronounced: Foecuoh) is a Clinical Instructor with the Mood and Anxiety Disorder clinic. She completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Rehabilitation Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Her internship and postdoctoral fellowships (clinical and research) were at University of California, San Francisco. Her clinical, supervision, leadership and research efforts focus on developing targeted interventions for persons with behavioral health disorders. Dr. Fokuo’s primary research interest is in reducing stigma (structural, public and self) as a barrier to health service utilization for stigmatized population.  

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Date Topic Lecture/Seminar Series Status
11/19/2025 Seminar has a video recordiing Lived Experience Meets Clinical Research: Peer Specialists and the Recovery Narratives in Substance Use Treatment
  • Grand Rounds
Past Event
10/19/2023 Better Together project: Improving Access to MOUD for west side of Chicago residents Through Community Collaboration
  • Addiction Affinity Group
Past Event